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"'REAI. EsTATE- INVESTMENTS 14M Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL D. BAGGQTT,

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or CLEVELAND, omo.

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Applicationled April 25, 1925. Serial No. 25,833.

My invention relates to improvements in signs, and more articularly tothat class `or type which em ody a holderrnember or tablet adapted toremovably receive andcarry a plurality of signpanels.`

The primary object ofthe inventionis to lprovide aV generally improvedsign of the class indicated which will be exceedingly simple inconstruction,` cheap yof manufacture and etlicient in use. y A furtherand important object is the provision of a sign or holder .plateprovidedwith vertically spaced sign panels struck therefrom and forming signopenings,`the I5 latter being of like dimensions to inter-1 changeablyand reversibly receive andcarry the struck-out sign panels providedwithsuitable lettering or advertising matter, suitable sign panel retainingprojections being carried by the holder plate and extending into saidsign openings to retain said sign panels in position.

A further and important object is theprovision of a holder plateprovided `on lits marginal portions with key-hole slots adapt'- ed toreceive and interlock with `suitable headed projections carried on asuitable support, such as a wall or a spider head4 on a supportingpedestal, said f key-hole f slots and headed projections being adaptedto interlock with each otherin the form of a bayonet joint connection orcoupling.

' `With the abovementioned and other ends in view, the inventionconsists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination ofparts, hereinafter described, illustrated in` some of its embodiments inthe accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims; j

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figurel' is a front elevation of a sign and supporting head and pedestal,constructed and connected in ac cordance with this invention.

Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 3, a top plan or edge view of the same;

Fig. 4, an enlarged fragmentaryview of` one ofthe upper. cornersoftheholderplate,

' from the sign openings thereof.

Fig. 5, an enlarged vertical cross sectional form of holder plateprovided with sepathe struck-out sign panels lbeing removed ratelyapplied sign panel retaining projections, the'isign panels beingremoved.

Fig. 7, a vertical cross sectional view, taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6. i

Fig. 8, a longitudinalcross sectional view ofa holder plate, embodying afurther modified form and arrangementof'panelf retain- `lng projections,the dotted lines indicating another method of insertin and removing .thereversible andf intere iangeable sign panels.`

Fig. 9, a vertical cross sectional view, illustrating `a furthermodified form and arpangement of sign panel retaining projec- 1ons.

Similar numerals of reference designate like'par'ts throughout 'all thefigures of the drawmofs. i

The improved sign comprises a sign or holder plate 1, provided with`vertically spaced sign panels 2, vstruck therefrom forming panel signopenings 1'* therein, the latter being of like dimensionstointerchangebly receive and display said sign panels 2. The signrpanels 2 are also adapted to carry suitable signs-or lettering oneither side so that they may be reversed to meet the varying demands ofactual service and as indicated, for example,in Figs. l and 2of thedrawings. i

As a means of providing suitable sign panel retaining projectionsextending vinto the sign openings to retain said sign'panels inreversible and interchangeable relation, tongue elementslgare preferablystruck out from the holder plate near the marginalpor tions of the signopenings, leaving openings orrecesses 1c, therein, said tongue elements1* being bent upwardly and downwardly to project within the paneldisplaying or sign openings Vand engage with the marginal edges of thesign panels at the front and rear,`as indicated.

As a lneans of quickly attaching or detaching the holder plate 1 and thesign panels 2 with :reference to a suitable support, such asa Wall or apedestalhead, 4or the like, armed with suitable headed projections 3,such asscrews, or other fastening elements, the holder plate ispreferably provided on its marginal portions withkeyhole slots ld,adapted to pass over and in: terlock with the headed' projections 3 in awell known manner. i

Asa convenient means offormin the key-hole slots 1d, and at the sametime orming struck-out panel retaining projections le, the key-holeslots and projections may be formed as indicated in Figs. l to 5,elusive, of the drawings. In thisform of the invention the base of theholder plate is preferably provided along its median portion and abovethe sign panels 2 -and sight openings 1f" with pivoted button meinbers4f, as indicated.

j If desired, however, the panel retaining elements or projections maybe in the speciiic form of separately formed and applied members lf, asindicated, for eXample,-in

Figs` 6, Yand 8 ofthe-drawings, they panelv retaining members 1f in thisiii-stance being preferablyspot welded'to the front aiid` rear portionsof the holder plate and projecting into the sign openings, as shown. Ifdesired, hook or cleat-shaped members lg,

may 'be employed, as yindicated in Fig. 9,`

and in wliich instance the off-set portions of the projections 4ormembers lg `are spaced above and below the marginall edges of thel Vsignopenings forming guidey recesseslh to receive-'and carry enlarged signpanels 2a at the rear, as shown, and in which instance.,

they sign panels are not struckout of the original holder plate, asabove described. If desired, the panel retainingprojections 1f may beformed only at the ends of the sign openings la and the' sign' panels 2may be inserted in or, removed therefrom by bending and bowing the sameas indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 8 in the act of inserting andremoving v y j L As a, convenient means of mounting the holder plateupon or detaching the same from a support of a dierent specific ltor1nthan that of a side wall of a building, or

the like, and particularly as a means-of en- .ablingthe sign panels tobe more readily inserted'into or removed from the sign openings for thevpurpose of reversing such sign panels, a support in the specificform'of a spider head 5, mounted on a pedestal (i, may be provided andin which instance, the support or head 5 is spaced from the side of theholder plate, the spider arms 5 terminating in off-set members or bosses5l internally threaded to receive the threaded elements or headedprojections 3 in the form of screws, hereinbefoieV referred to.

Having thus described some of the einsign panels forming panel openings,means forreniovably receiving and retaining said sign panels in saidpanel openings, a spider headspaced from one side of said sign, asupporting pedestal, and a bayonet joint connection between said signand spider head.

A holder for sign panels, comprising a holder provided with'strnck-out`sign panels forming panel receiving panel openings, .and plate retainingelements formed on the sides of saidfliolderand projecting within 4saidinovably retain saidsign panels.

l. A sign, comprising a holder plate, a plurality of interchangeablesign panels struck therefrom and forming vopenings therein, and tongueelements struck from the marginal port-ions ofA said holderplate andprojecting ,within said openings to retainv said plates in reversibleyand vinterchangeable relation. l

5. In a sign, a holder plate provided with struck-ont sign panels .oflike dimensions forming openings therein and also provided withkey-holeslots in its marginal portions, and aspider headspacedat oneside and having -headed retaining projections yentering-said key-holeslots, and retaining said holder plate when the latter is seated.

6. AIn a sign, a holder plate provided with spaced ,struck-ont `signpanels lof like dimensions "forming openings` therein, `means .forreversibly and interchangeably receiving land retainingsaid signy panelsin said openvingsand asupporting head spaced vat one side ofsa'idf'signanddetachably connected yto the latter by bayonet joints.

175 panel openings at the front and rear to re- A sign, comprising aholderplate provided-with spaced sign panels struck'theiefrom formingopenings, thelattei" beingl of like dimensions to interchangeably a-ndreversibly receive and carry said' sign panels, sign'panel retainingprojections struck from said holder plate and struck-out tongues formingkey-hole slots in the marginal poi'- ti'ons of said holder plate andexteiuiing into sonie of said sign openings.

8. A sign, comprising a holder plate provided with vertically spacedsign panels struck therefrom and forming. openings therein, the latterbeing of like dimensions to interchangeably receive said sign panels,sign panel retaining projections carried by IUS said holderplateandextending into said openings to retain said sign panels in position,a support having headed holder projections and key-liole slots in themarginal portions of said holder plateA to removably receive andinterlock with said headed holder projections of said support. Y

In testimony whereof Irliave affixed my signature.

SAMUEL `nadeorr,

